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svart.

black (color/colour)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/¹svart/[¹sv̥aʈː]

  1. black (color/colour)

    neuter · uninflected
    Byxorna finns bara i svart
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish svarter, from Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz (“black, dark-coloured”), from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”). Cognate with Dutch zwart, English swart, German schwarz, Icelandic svartur and Danish sort. Related to Latin sordes (“dirt”), sordere (“to be dirty”).

adj/¹svart/[¹sv̥aʈː]

  1. black (color/colour)

  2. black (of a person)

  3. done without legal permission; illegal

    in-compounds · often
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish svarter, from Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz (“black, dark-coloured”), from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”). Cognate with Dutch zwart, English swart, German schwarz, Icelandic svartur and Danish sort. Related to Latin sordes (“dirt”), sordere (“to be dirty”).

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